Cover for Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

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Cover for Love, 1898, published 1899. Lithograph in green, blue, and gray on off-white wove paper.

Lithograph in green, blue, and gray on off-white wove paper · Image: 52.6 × 42.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Cover for Love
Artist: Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943) published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939)
Date: 1898, published 1899
Medium: Lithograph in green, blue, and gray on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 52.6 × 42.5 cm (20 3/4 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 45.4 cm (23 1/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
Credit line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1870–1943

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.